'Divest' definitions:

Definition of 'divest'

From: WordNet
verb
Take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest]
verb
Deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: enthrone, invest, vest]
verb
Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa" [syn: divest, disinvest] [ant: commit, invest, place, put]
verb
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]

Definition of 'Divest'

From: GCIDE
  • Divest \Di*vest"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting.] [LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest.]
  • 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Wretches divested of every moral feeling. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Law) See Devest. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]

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